Quote from: dave shelley on January 12, 2023, 12:36:04 PMIn the early seventies Villa had two goalkeepers one admittedly on loan, Tommy Hughes and Evan Williams who was the loanee, now if you think Olsen is bad, which he is, you should have seen this pair.There was a clip on the old 'History of Aston Villa' video that was from Match of the Day around then, home to Notts County. Our keeper saves a penalty and Barry Davies can't believe it in the commentary because he's been hopeless the rest of the match, was that Tommy Hughes?
In the early seventies Villa had two goalkeepers one admittedly on loan, Tommy Hughes and Evan Williams who was the loanee, now if you think Olsen is bad, which he is, you should have seen this pair.
Didn't Evan Williams go on to play for Celtic in a European Cup Final? I remember the Tommy Hughes save. He had been useless all game as the commentator said. If he had bent down to tie his laces he would have fallen over.
Quote from: trinityoap on January 12, 2023, 04:40:52 PMDidn't Evan Williams go on to play for Celtic in a European Cup Final? I remember the Tommy Hughes save. He had been useless all game as the commentator said. If he had bent down to tie his laces he would have fallen over.Yes. European Cup final Vs Ajax lost 2-1. Was still shit for us.
Quote from: dave shelley on January 12, 2023, 05:20:10 PMQuote from: trinityoap on January 12, 2023, 04:40:52 PMDidn't Evan Williams go on to play for Celtic in a European Cup Final? I remember the Tommy Hughes save. He had been useless all game as the commentator said. If he had bent down to tie his laces he would have fallen over.Yes. European Cup final Vs Ajax lost 2-1. Was still shit for us.Think it was vs Feyenoord Dave. Tommy Hughes was replaced by Jim Cumbes and it made quite a difference as in his first game we won 6-0 at Oldham. A watershed moment in Villa's history I think.
Quote from: LeeB on January 12, 2023, 01:23:43 PMQuote from: dave shelley on January 12, 2023, 12:36:04 PMIn the early seventies Villa had two goalkeepers one admittedly on loan, Tommy Hughes and Evan Williams who was the loanee, now if you think Olsen is bad, which he is, you should have seen this pair.There was a clip on the old 'History of Aston Villa' video that was from Match of the Day around then, home to Notts County. Our keeper saves a penalty and Barry Davies can't believe it in the commentary because he's been hopeless the rest of the match, was that Tommy Hughes?Yep. And that was his last game for us. The ups and downs of the life of a goalkeeper.
It was George Curtis, I Believe.
Telling Olsen wasn't even in the squad. I was wondering if there was to be an Issue with Martinez but maybe Olsen has the issue. Clearly not showing up to be good enough for training and we are giving TWO goal keepers match day experience on bench ahead of himHe's not the solution in any way next season and an experienced goal keeper or two need to be signed depending on Martinez position end of season.
I wonder what role he'll be undertaking today at Everton. If he hasn't totally fallen out of favour, it's not even out of the realms he could play today